Frontier, with no timeouts remaining, got the ball into Schneider's hands, but the ball was jostled away as he drove down the lane and bodies went flying.

So happens, the ball went right to Houston, who was fouled immediately. He calmly stepped to the line and dropped in the first shot, giving his team a 57-55 edge. His second rolled off the rim and into the hands of the Cougars' Taylor Merckle who let loose a desperation heave the clanked off the backboard.

"We kept believing and it ended our way," Houston said.

Barnesville head coach Chris Pack was all smiles afterwards, but that wasn't the case for much of the fourth quarter as Frontier made its charge.

"We got into a little bit of a funk there towards the end of the game," Pack recalled. "We just got in that negative space where you keep thinking negative thoughts and bad things continued to happen.

"We stressed to the kids to believe in themselves and make something positive happen," he continued. "We survived about as many mistakes as you can make in the fourth quarter and still win a ballgame.

"If we learn from our mistakes, we'll be a difficult out for anyone."

Houston led Barnesville with 16 points, including 10 in the final chapter, while Dylan MacMillan added 14 and Isaac McGee a dozen. Houston and Brandon Burkhart each pulled down seven rebounds.

Schneider had a huge night as he threw in six trifecta goals en route to a game-high 29.